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By universal consent Zion is regarded as type of the Christian Church.

I. This mother IS GLORIOUS IS HER REPUTATION. (Ver. 3). She has the reputation —

1. For the highest intelligence. To her are committed the oracles of God. She is the receptacle and the revealer of heavenly intelligence.

2. For self-sacrificing love. The love which she possesses is of the same kind as that which the Son of God exemplifies — an unconquerable love for souls.

3. For the most beneficent achievements. She has created Christendom. All the arts that bless and adorn the civilized world must he ascribed to her. Her great work is to save souls.

II. This mother is DIVINE IN HER RESOURCES (ver. 5). She has had her enemies. Her continuance can only be ascribed to Divine support.

1. In what does God establish the Church? In truth and love. She is like a tree which He roots and grounds in love; like a vessel which He fastens in the firmest anchorage; like a house which He builds upon a rock.

2. How does God establish the Church? He thus gives her "power, love, and a sound mind."

III. This mother IS ILLUSTRIOUS IN HER FAMILY. 1 Her children are men. "This and that man was born there." Many call her mother whom she disowns.

2. Her children have their birth divinely registered. "When He writeth up."

3. Her children are distinguished by every variety of mind (ver. 7). There is the impulsive Peter, the heroic Paul, and the scientific Luke, and the lamb-like John. There is no monotony in her domestic circle.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

WEB: Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.